A Toronto resident says he has filed an appeal against a court decision that reinstated Toronto city councillor Jim Karygiannis.

Adam Chaleff, who calls himself a “fair elections advocate,” said Monday morning that the appeal was filed against the Nov. 25 Ontario Superior Court decision.

In a statement, Chaleff said the appeal argues that the decision included “both errors of law as well as an error of mixed fact and law.”

Chaleff also claims that the court may have not had jurisdiction to reinstate Karygiannis in the first place.

In early November, Karygiannis was removed from office after Toronto City Clerk Ulli Watkiss said he could no longer continue in his role based on a supplementary financial statement filed after the 2018 municipal election. Among the issues was thousands spent on a post-election party at Santorini Grill.

However, that decision was overturned with the Superior Court decision in which Justice William S. Chalmers said he found “that Mr. Karygiannis acted in good faith with respect to the filing of the financial statements.”

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